Journalist Philip Dryden is shocked to be informed by police that his father has been killed in a car accident - he drowned during the fenland floods of 1977, 35 years before. At the same time, two unrelated cases are demanding Dryden's professional attention: a body riddled with bullets found hanging in the middle of a lettuce field, and a couple protesting that the local council has buried their baby daughter in a pauper's grave without permission. As Dryden pieces the clues together, he realizes that the three cases may be related after all ...
A previous Dagger in the Library winner, Jim Kelly is the author of four Peter Shaw crime novels and five previous novels in the Philip Dryden series. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Title: Nightrise: 6 (A Philip Dryden Mystery)
Author: Kelly, Jim
ISBN: 9781780290331
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2012-09-12
Number of Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4401 kg
A not-to-be-missed book, both for the gripping story and for Kelly's expressive, engaging writing style Booklist Starred Review Even if they never came up with such a diabolical plot, long-winded colleagues could well take example from the generosity and economy with which Kelly spins his web Kirkus Reviews